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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Dec 22, 2011
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Sugar cookies beg to be decorated. Gather family and friends and make sweet Santas.

Santa Sugar Cookies

  • Prep Time 1 hr 20 min
  • Total 3 hr 20 min
  • Servings 72
  • Ingredients 13
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker™ Cookie Icing red icing
  • Betty Crocker™ red sugar
  • 1 pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker™ Cookie Icing white icing
  • 1 pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker™ Cookie Icing blue icing
  • Red gum drops
  • Betty Crocker™ red cinnamon decors
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    In large bowl, beat butter, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and egg with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Stir in flour and salt until blended. Cover and refrigerate dough at least 2 hours but no longer than 24 hours.
  • Step 
    2
    Heat oven to 375°F. On lightly floured cloth-covered surface, roll 1/4 of dough at a time to 1/8-inch thickness. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated until ready to roll.) Cut dough with Santa cookie cutter; place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 7 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely. Frost cookies with red icing; sprinkle with red sugar crystals. Decorate as desired using white and blue icing. Add gum drop for belt buckle and cinnamon candy for nose.

Nutrition

100 Calories
3g Total Fat
0g Protein
18g Total Carbohydrate
13g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
100
Calories from Fat
30
Total Fat
3g
5%
Saturated Fat
2g
10%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
10mg
4%
Sodium
45mg
2%
Potassium
20mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
18g
6%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
13g
Protein
0g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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